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Rails Through Autumn
Rails Through Autumn
Ivory


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Challenge: Trains & Railroads (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 35-105mm f/4.5-5.6
Location: Ontario
Date: Oct 22, 2006
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 22, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 15 out of 196
Avg (all users): 6.5046
Avg (commenters): 7.3704
Avg (participants): 6.0777
Avg (non-participants): 6.8938
Views since voting: 2442
Views during voting: 409
Votes: 216
Comments: 39
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 01/29/2008 04:16:36 PM
Very cool shot. I love the colors, and the blur adds a different dimension. Well done!!!
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 05/31/2007 07:25:15 PM
This is absolutely gorgeous!
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 01/29/2007 04:15:21 PM
That's so beautiful!
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 01/04/2007 01:16:13 PM
Great colors and beautiful processing.
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 12/10/2006 08:48:02 AM
love focused here and of course those colors!
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 11/14/2006 05:54:09 PM
I really like the colors here. This is a GREAT shot!
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 10/30/2006 03:11:56 PM
Great shot. Congrats on your high finish!
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 10/30/2006 12:58:33 AM
Top 20 and a personal best. Congratulations! :)
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 10/30/2006 12:35:11 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. This is a very interesting study in that the viewer begins to examine and fails to find a consistency of focal points. I suspect that even a natural plain washed out sky would have served this image better. However, it remains a visual treat.
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 10/30/2006 12:25:23 AM
:)

Message edited by author 2006-10-30 00:28:36.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/29/2006 10:48:06 PM
I like the angle and perspective. The rail line leads the eyes well. Was this done with a LensBaby lens, or just some interesting editing? Nice colors. I give it an 8.
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 10/29/2006 08:59:38 PM
Nice color. I like the tracks to anywhere!
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 10/29/2006 04:39:45 PM
Great colors and composition, but perhaps a little too much smoothing. You have lost a lot of detail in the trees.
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 10/29/2006 05:25:03 AM
Wow...like a postcard...beautiful!
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 10/27/2006 06:22:54 PM
The blur looks very unrealistic. An over-processed shot, I think.
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 10/27/2006 01:02:46 PM
Interesting blurring effect on the trees, but a little too strong for my taste. Otherwise a very strong composition. I think I also would have liked the right hand rail better disappearing right at the corner rather than above it.
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 10/27/2006 11:58:08 AM
Very very cool. It seems spotty though on the processing, for the most part it is brilliant, but there are some spots that just seem out of place. The trees at about 1 o'clock look blurred then erased, and then the bushes right beside the tracks at about 8 o'clock look the same. The blur itself seems an awesome teqnique, but the opacity in the erased spots should be brought down just a little. I hope I havent assumed the wrong things, and an overall awesome photo.
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 10/27/2006 09:52:10 AM
Like the colors and composition; sharpening seems kind of uneven/unlikely in the foliage.
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 10/26/2006 11:26:00 AM
*falls over from the awesome*

Wow. Just...... WOW.
One of the most gorgeous images I've seen.
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 10/25/2006 05:11:30 PM
I like what you've done with the colors and the subjext but question the tree on the left that is still in focus vs. the others at the same distance. I think that it distracts a little from the overall subjext of the tracks and blending. Hope you don't think this rude.
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 10/24/2006 12:58:33 PM
This is wonderful! Great job.
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 10/24/2006 10:19:01 AM
Nice color, simple image. Traditional leading lines. I like what you've done here. One thing I do find distracting is what appears to be selective use of gaussian blur on the trees in the background. The bare patch of tree that is sharp (couple of areas, one left and one right bg) make it evident that some manipulation was going on. Not that it's not know in general, but when it jumps out at you, well...it's distracting, that's all. With all of that said - I still like it overall. :D Good luck in the challenge.
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 10/24/2006 09:43:18 AM
Thrilling Colors & Great Usage of Selective Focus! :)
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 10/23/2006 09:37:02 PM
I love the softness of the background and the angle of the tracks... it leads your eyes into the woods that look enchanted... nicely done! :-)
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 10/23/2006 09:31:46 PM
A storybook kind of shot. It's intriguing but perhaps a bit overprocessed.
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 10/23/2006 07:56:43 PM
Ooo cool kinda impressionist looks good
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 10/23/2006 06:40:22 PM
Nice colors. However, the rails lead me right into the background which is quite blurred either by intent or accident?
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 10/23/2006 06:32:13 PM
I love the colors and the sharpness of the tracks, but the blur of the sky and trees just strikes me as odd. Especially the blur on the bush on the left. Parts of the bush seem sharp and others blurred. I dunno, maybe it's just me....
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 10/23/2006 04:34:52 PM
A bit over the top on the processing for my tastes, but excellent composition
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 10/23/2006 04:24:32 PM
Meets Challenge - 2
Creativity - 2
Technical Stuff - 2
Overall Appeal - 2
Biased Wow - 1
Total = 9
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 10/23/2006 03:27:19 PM
There is something unsettling about the blurring in this picture.
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 10/23/2006 02:02:29 PM
A little overdone in PP IMO - but quite nice anyway...
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 10/23/2006 12:50:31 PM
I think I'd like this better if it wasn't so blurry in center area. Wonderful colors, though
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 10/23/2006 11:52:05 AM
Great colors and a nice composition. I am kind of puzzled as to why some of the shot is tack sharp and some of it is blurred. Were you going for this effect? To me it looks kind of arbitrary.
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 10/23/2006 10:44:14 AM
Not sure if I like the blur. Looks fake. However, the composition and colours are great.
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 10/23/2006 07:33:43 AM
Classical......
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 10/23/2006 03:39:42 AM
Effective processing, could hang this on the wall...9
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 10/23/2006 01:04:02 AM
Beautiful!!! Feels like a dream.
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 10/23/2006 12:09:06 AM
love it
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